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It says: "When the council attains its ambitions of vacating the depot site, then it will have a land holding that is likely to be surplus to operational requirements. The site is in a residential area and designated as a brownfield site.

"As such it could be suitable for conversion to a housing site. This report does not ask for approval to dispose of the site, rather to put together a scheme for a potential housing development which can then be marketed and considered by cabinet at a future date.

"The council has secured £300,000 of Homes England Land Release Funding (LRF) for the Abbey Road site. This money is specifically allocated to local authorities who are in a position to release land for housing by March 2020.

"The funding allocated to the council can be allocated to preparing Abbey Road for disposal or development. This could include surveys, site remediation works and design work to get to the stage of securing planning permission on the site."